Gas-tank.



- PATENTED MAR..27', 190s.

- P. 0. AVERY.

GAS TANK, APPLIOATIO'Y FILED OCT. 71 1904.

. acetylene or other gas.

- withwhich. the tank ura'ted with a solvent GAS-TANK. i

1 0 .a w/ om, it may cancer/t;

Be it known that I, Pnnor GAVERY, a eiti-... zen of theL- ni'ted States, residing at Dayton, Montgomery count y ()hio, ,have invented, certain new and useful. Improvements in Apoaratus for Storing and Delivering Gas, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a tank, and more part icularl y to a portable tank which is adapted to be placed upon an automobile or other vehicle and to be stored-o1 charged with p I am of course aware. thatiit'is not new, broadly considered, to store acetylene under pressure in a tank containing a solvent of acetylene anddraw. off the acetylene as it is needed for use. i

The object of the present invention is to provide improved means for storing acetylene, re gard being had more especially to facility in replenishing the body of absorbent material is filled and which is satof acetylene. To this end I use a body oi absorbent material, such asasbestos, cotton, wool, or any other fibrous material that may be found to be suitable for thepur ose, and I form this absorbent material int ieshape of a wick, rope, plat, or other strand, sothat it'may be introduced intothe tank or removed therefrom through a coni- .parativel y small opening with but-little or no trouble. g j

It is well knownthata body of fibrous material when saturated. with a li uid solvent of a gas will absorb the gas to t e extent of saturation and that when the gas'is introduced under pressure the solvent will be: come su ersaturated, so that u on a reduction of t 1e pressure the 'gas' will e liberated.

"Among the liquids that have the property of absorbing acetylene may be mentioned methyl or wood-alcohol and acetic acid. A tank filled with fibrous, material saturated with either of thesc'liquids will, under atmospheric pressure, absorb acetylene to the extent of saturation and will when the acetylene is introduced under pressure absorb it to the extent of supersaturation.

The present invention is concerned solely with the form in which the body ofabsorbent material is arranged (in an apparatus for stor-v ing and delivering as,) to the end that it may be T6Plflll6tl wit 1 the utmost facility,'and to this end I arrange it in the form of astrand, as already described, and "preferably connect one end of thisstrand with the valve or valve: casing or othr device which forms the 010- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed-October 17. 1904. $erial1l'o. 228,81

In the which body forded b through suitable strand is.

' In tl made a ably the 1g uantity a wick, r

The p with the 1s at the sure of the openin Theadvantage in tube extending well saturated absorbent a freer escape-for the. gas-than would beatthe tank,

B, is countersunk for the modating a pressure-gage lled withqa such as already mentioned, and this body of absorbent material is arranged in the form of may beintro the valve device I.

valve device. threaded portion, .ed opening E, and preferably, although not necessarily, it has a perforated tubular extension G, which extends of absorbent material and to which one end of the strand 'D is connected, so that when the valve device is removed the end of the strand rnner e. AVERY, or DAYTON, on o.

which hasa compare,

perforated tube",

rojects into the tank and into; the absorbent material forated tube one end of the ent material is secured by any suitable means the use of a perforated 'intotheQbody of super-m material is that itzaffords y a simple I desire to Patented March 27, -lene.

through which the stran is introduced and removed practical carryingv outof. the inven-;

tion I use a steel tank tively small opening,

, and to this perstrand of absorb- 3 outlet-opening of small area at one'wallof the inclosure. have it understood, is the preferred emb astrand which and. removed" however, that, while this;-;, odiinentof thezinvention,

stin the inventionis not limited to the secur.-. ing of the end of the strand vice. .On. the contrary, the .prises any arrangement in whichthe absorb- 1.. out material is in the form.- of t i is adapted to beinserted to the valve d6? invention com.-

a comparatively small 0 ening. sin:

said opening being closure, to which the-end of "the attached.

'of as in the lat, or other strand, so that it .uced through the opening E of resent invention is not concerned details in the construction of this Sui! which occupies the thread-- well into the bod'y P Vi edwith.

ice it to say thatit has a re accompanying drawing, which is L part of this specification, the figure; is.

a section of a tank for the storage .of ga-s,em-

bodying the invention-in its preferred form: 1

A represents the walls of; the tank, which maybe of any desired construction.

same timedrawn out throughthe 66 into whichi s screwed a valve-casing, wlnch closes the-opening,.andls,

. this valve-casmg carries a opening E. Being thus made accessible, the

. entire strand may be quickly drawn out of the tank and through the same opening a fresh strand may be inserted. I prefer to attach the end of the strand to the valve device, as above described; but it is manifest that this i'snot essential and that the purpose and objectof the invention will be accom lished if the-end of the strand is accessible trough any suitably-disposed opening in the tankas, for example, it may e accessible throu h "the opening into which the hollow stem of the he gage is arranged with its cylindrical body parallel with the sides of the tank, or,

gage O is screwed.

.in other words, withits dial perpendicular to the sides and parallel with the end of the tank.

'Unlikeg'ages of customary construction, the

tube for conveying to it'the pressure to be indicated enters through its back instead of through its side.

l What claim'as new, and desire to secure 1 brous material filling the tank, a solvent of the gas to be stored with which the fibrous .material is saturated, said solvent being suby Letters Patent, is-

1-. An apparatus for storing and deliverin as having in combination a tank, a body 0 pzrsaturated with the stored gas, the tank ing provided with a comparative] small opening, and a removable closure or said opening, the fibrous material aforesaid being arranged in the form of'a strand, substantially as described;

7 v 2. An apparatus for storing and delivering as having in combination a tank, a body of brous m'aterial'filling the tank, a solvent of the gas to hastened with which thefibrous fibrous material aforesaid being arranged in the form of a strand, one end of which is attached to said closure, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for storing and delivering gas, the combination of a tank having a comparatively small opening, a valve device having a threaded portion occu ying said opening, a body of fibrous materia filling the tank, said fibrous material being arranged in the form of a strand and having one end attached to the valve device and a solvent of the gas to be stored, with which solvent the fibrous material is saturated, said solvent being supersaturated with the stored gas, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for storing and delivering gas the combination of a tank having an opening, an absorbent body-filling the tank, a

solvent of the gas to be stored with which the absorbent body is saturated, said solvent bein su crsaturated with the stored gas, a va ve evice closin said opening, and a perforated tube extend in r from the valve device into the absorbent ho y, substantially as described.

5. An apparatus for storing and delivering gas having in combination a tank, having through one of its end walls a comparatively small opening, a removable closure for said opening, a body of fibrous material filling the tank a solvent of the gas to be stored with which the fibrous material is saturated, said solvent being supersaturated with the stored as, and the fibrous material being arranged in the form of astrand, substantially as described.

PERCY o. AVERY.

Witnesses:

JESSIE E. Lrrsa'r, JAM S A. ALLISON; 

